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Translations for this song are at the bottom.
99 Percent (Yu-Gi-Oh! GX 2nd Opening)
By BOWL
Kagi o kaketa heya hitoribocchi de kimi ga naiteta
Utsumuku sono me ni kinou bakari utsushite mo susume ya shinai sa
Soko ni katte nante hontou wa nai n da kimi ga kanjiteru hodo
Ashita o kimetsuke unzarishinaide ikou shiranai basho e
Boku ni wakete goran kono te o hanasanaide ite
Soto e tsuredashite doko e mukaou ka machi no kaze wa mada tsumetai kedo
Kyuujuukyuu paasento wakaranai kara asu o tashikame ni ikou
She lay back on her bed.
Her eyes were red and puffy.
She had loved him, and now he was gone. Forever.
From what she had heard, he was part of a group of evil, and was defeated in a duel.
Soon, she was probably going to get fired from her job. She couldn't teach.
She couldn't bear to see the faces of his students, his friends.
Every time she did, she would burst into tears. She tried to remember the day when he said his goodbyes to her, and also the day when he told her his feelings for her.
But all she could manage was a blur.
Chancellor Samejima couldn't fire her because of his kind heart, so all he could do was send her to see Seto Kaiba.
She sat in his office and sobbed. Chancellor only told Seto that she had lost a special colleague, nothing more, so he had to get the whole story from her.
"WOULD YOU JUST PLEASE STOP CRYING??" he yelled. He thought that would make her stop, but of course, he didn't understand women.
"Look. I'm sorry for yelling at you, but could you please stop crying and tell me what's wrong?" he said in a softer, more comforting voice.
She managed to stop the tears from flowing.
Seto handed her a tissue.
"Thanks." She said.
"Now, tell me what's wrong."
"Well, my colleague just passed away."
"So, why are you the one in hysterics?"
"Because… because I loved him."
"Oh. I see." He answered, definitely not seeing. "Well, every time someone tries to tell me some old ancient rubbish, I just tell them to forget it. That's what you have to do, just forget the past and move on."
"But… I don't know if I can forget something that was so dear to me."
"Well, try, and whenever you feel like crying, always think of happy things."
Silence.
"Hey, you never told me how he died." Seto said.
"He lost a shadow game." She said bluntly.
"Again with the shadow games. Geez." He muttered.
"What was that, sir?"
"Oh, nothing. But if you lose a shadow game, don't you go to the shadow realm, and someone can get you back?"
"Yes, that's true, but that shadow game was different, and he lost his body."
"Oh."
All of a sudden, the phone rang.
Seto answered it. After a minute of negotiating with the other person, he said, "I'm sorry, but I have a meeting to attend to now. Just remember what I said."
Back at the school, she visited his old dorm.
There was Pharaoh, his cat, sitting on his table.
He opened his mouth, and a little glowing yellow sphere floated out.
"Emi? Is that you?" the sphere said.
"Sensei??" she replied, dumbfounded.
"Yes, it's me. Sorry, but this is what I've become. Only my soul remains."
"It doesn't matter, as long as I get to see you and speak with you, that's fine!"
"Well then, I heard Juudai and his friends say that Cronos' going to fire you. What did you do?"
"Nothing… I couldn't teach your students! Every time I see them, I think of you, and I start to cry!"
Sensei sighed. "Do you love me that much?"
"…"
"Emi?"
"Yes! I love you so much!"
He sighed again. "I'm sorry that I can't be here in person…"
"But you are! Your soul is here, so that means the same sensei is here, and that's all that matters!"
"Do you really mean that?"
"Yes! Of course!"
"Will you promise me one thing then, Emi?"
"Anything!" she cried anxiously.
"Then please, work hard, and don't get yourself fired. If you do, I won't ever get to see you again."
"I promise! Cross my heart! I will try my best to stay with you forever."
At least, if his soul is still around, then there is still hope that he can get his body back. After all, if he can create an artificial body, what's stopping him from making another one? You were crying all alone, locked in your room
Even though only yesterday is reflected in your lowered eyes,
I can't move on
In the morning, I'll come and get you;
Everyone will be the same, weak
The truth is that there's no wall over there,
You just feel like there is
You know that when it feels like you're suffocating,
You can't hide yourself away
I'll take you out, where shall we go?
The wind in the city is still cold, but
Don't get fed up and start scolding tomorrow;
Let's go to a place that we don't know
The dead weight that you've shouldered isn't only yours
Share it with me, and don't let go of my hand
In the morning, I'll come and get you...
I'll take you outside, where shall we go?
The wind in the city is still cold, but
We don't understand 99 percent of what happens,
So let's go and make sure that they'll be a tomorrow
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